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HP made a bot that lets you print directly from Slack conversations

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Bot-making service Motion.ai now supports Node.js

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Expedia now has an Alexa skill for flight updates and car rentals

Why MoneyFarm reassures customers that humans invest their money, not bots

Algorithmia will help you make your own AI-powered photo filters

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5 emergency chat services with the power to save lives

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Metacert raises $1.2 million to detect malware on enterprise bots like Slack, Microsoft Teams

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Cogito raises $15 million to help call center staff detect customers’ mood from their voice

MindMeld launches AI platform for voice assistants and chatbots

Task app Any.do launches AI assistant to help people get stuff done

Edward Snowden on Pokémon Go, freedom, and the future of augmented reality

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Trim will renegotiate your Comcast bill while you play Tetris

Microsoft launches Azure Bot Service to bring more bots and AI into the cloud

Sisense launches bots to share business insights from chat apps, Amazon Echo, and IoT lightbulb

Visa lawyer bot pledges to ‘help immigrants make America great again’

Facebook launches analytics dashboard to track Messenger bot performance

Unicode Consortium proposes 51 new emojis including T-Rex, woman in hijab

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Wordie’s iMessage app lets you create and share custom GIF puzzles

LinkedIn makes it easier for businesses to send sponsored direct messages

Facebook: Trump leads Election Day conversation

Prisma brings its artistic filters to Facebook Live

Facebook now lets developers advertise bots in the News Feed

Are you an undecided voter? Chat with these U.S. election bots

You can now shop for Alexa skills on Amazon.com

Bot community leader accused of using 100 pitch decks to help his own startup

API.ai launches payments and unlimited queries to its bot platform following Google acquisition

Message.io launches enterprise bot converter to tear down walled gardens

IFTTT scraps recipes for multi-device commands called applets

How bots will work on Microsoft Teams

Octane AI launches with bots for 50 Cent, KISS, and Aerosmith

Apple removes Vigilante live crime alert tool from the App Store
